honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to put one's strength into
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
(indoor) observation deck; observation room; observatory
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
even though; despite; when
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
excursion; field trip; school trip
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to set (sun); to become dark
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
to think of; to come up with
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!